Sarsfieldstown/Rathwire Upper

Nearest town:
Mullingar (12km W)
OS reference:
N558515
OS sheet:
42
Latitude:
53° 30' 37.87 N
Longitude:
7° 9' 31.75 W
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Sarsfieldstown/Rathwire Upper

ryaner
ryaner Sep 17, 2007

There are 6 barrows marked on the map just west of Killucan. They range across 4 townlands: Sarsfieldstown, Rathwire Upper, Lisnabin and Rathnarrow. The large one depicted here is just over the fence beside the R156 in Sarsfieldstown. It’s the biggest barrow I’ve ever seen, flat-topped, about 45 metres long, 10 metres across and rises to about 2 metres. Erosion from cattle grazing has exposed some of the mound. From its top you can clearly see the much smaller barrow in Rathwire Upper about 400 metres to the north-north-east.
The other four barrows are not visible from here, 3 on a spur between 2 hillocks in Lisnabin and Newdown at Rathnarrow and 1 on the peak of Lisnabin itself.

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